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Where does “paradisiaco” come from?

paradisiaco (Italian) comes from Latin paradisiăcus, from Ancient Greek παραδεισιακός, from Ancient Greek -ακός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

paradisiaco (Italian): heavenly

Definitions

  1. heavenly

Ancestry of “paradisiaco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinparadisiăcus—
2Ancient Greekπαραδεισιακός—
3Ancient Greek-ακός-ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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